Supreme Court soon to get Bailey recommendation

Whether from Auditor General Don Bailey will be able to continue the practice of law soon will be in the hands of the state Supreme Court.

The state Disciplinary Board has made its decision on the Harrisburg civil rights attorney and will forward its report to the high court, spokeswoman Elaine Bixler said Monday.

The recommendation is secret until it is filed with the court and was made in a closed session held this month at an undisclosed location, she said.

A Disciplinary Board hearing committee in December recommended Bailey be suspended for five years for violating professional rules of conduct. The board did not have to follow that recommendation and the Supreme Court is not obligated to adopt the board’s findings, either, Bixler said.

The hearing committee in August heard testimony regarding the complaint that Bailey made claims without facts to support them.

The 3rd U.S. Court of Appeals last May affirmed nearly $50,000 in sanctions against Bailey for filings in a federal lawsuit the court said spun board conspiracy theories and made unfounded allegations of fraud and judicial misconduct.

U.S. Middle District Judges Christopher C. Conner and John E. Jones III were among those who testified against the Susquehanna Twp. resident before the hearing committee. Bailey presented witnesses that supported his claim certain federal judges were “out to get him.”

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